Extracurricular activity

Across America, budget cuts in education have directly affected music education, leaving schools with no other option, but to cut music programs. Although often times seen as insignificant, music education is an enormous aid to a student’s success. Music programs create well rounded individuals with irreplaceable 21st century skills, develop brain areas involved in language and reasoning, all this while being a beneficial art form. We cannot permit students across the country getting the…

It has been said that homework takes up too much time in a person’s schedule that they cannot do any extracurricular activities or just relax. However, Homework is an extracurricular activity. When we go to our after school sports or activities, it is mandatory to show up and participate. That is just like finishing your homework. Homework shouldn’t just be something tossed around, but something we take our time on and enjoy…

involved in the Multicultural Group at my school. I feel that if I am accepted into Simpson University I will be able to thrive not only educationally but also spiritually. I have always tried my best at keeping a good balance between school, extracurricular activities, and church. My plan at Simpson is to finish my GED and enter the Nursing Program. I am not totally set on Nursing, but I would like to experience and learn about nursing to see if that is the right field for me. Right now I am…

When it comes to extracurricular activities there is an abundant amount of skills you will encounter and whether you believe it or not they will extremely benefit your future. Being a part of a team is one of finest thing you can do in your life not only do you become part of a family, but you also get the opportunity to view things from a different perspective. As child I always had non-realistic life goals like being a professional dancer, being a baker, or a babysitter I now realize that…

Passion Will Be My Paycheck I could sense all 32 of their hearts beating. They were nervous, very nervous. They gathered their flags and headed to warm-up. They were awful quiet for a group of teenage girls, but rightly so, they were about to perform their first winter guard show. Myself and the other co-directors, gave instructions that they listened to very carefully. “Smile, chin up, and have fun.” The girls responded with multiple anxious questions. My words gave them short term comfort as…

While I understand that money is a big concern when adding sports in schools, there are many ways to help raise funds for sports without hurting other extracurricular activities schools’ have to offer, such as forming fundraisers between the students as well as taking donations from the community; in our school we used fundraisers to pay for all of our equipment for the entire season. Communities are more likely…

perfectionism, academic overachievers generally do not see huge rewards for the investment they have made in their academic careers. Overachievers, kids who strive to take the most advanced classes, get straight A’s, and participate in as many extracurricular activities as possible in hopes of getting into…

What is an extracurricular activity that has been meaningful to you? The most meaningful extracurricular activity to me has been the FFA Organization. Entering high school as a freshman not knowing anyone is very intimidating. I went into the ninth grade thinking that the next four years wouldn’t be good. On my schedule my second period class was Agriscience Applications. I grew up on a farm all my life so I thought that this class would be fun and interesting. A component of being in an…

school I am applying for colleges, and have been asked to provide a personal statement essay. I have been asked to talk about my interests and social skills, as well as the activities I have participated in. I can say I have not had as many life experiences as some of my classmates, but I have been in a wealth of extracurricular clubs and organizations that have sharpened my skills in the community. I have also devoted a fair amount of my time to school and my class work, some of my classmates,…

London is my home away from home. If America was my greatest adventure and my greatest fear, being a Pirate was my greatest journey. A thirty-hour exhausting flight physically transported me from Vietnam to a foreign land - Corpus Christi, as well as figuratively transformed a childish girl to a young adult at the age of fifteen. From the moment that I stepped out of the airplane, a new chapter of my life began without me being aware. After a chain of uplifting and exciting feelings, the reality…